MP#1
Film, TV & Stage
Michel Poulette
born 1950Canadian film and television director, writer and producer
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Sainte-Élisabeth, Quebec
8 famous people were born in Sainte-Élisabeth, more of them leaders than in most towns
Best known of all is Michel Poulette, written about in 5 languages. 2 of them were born before Confederation, the first Hippolite Cornellier in 1820. The largest group, 4, was born between Confederation and 1913. The longest list of any town in Quebec belongs to Montréal, with 5,278.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Michel Poulette
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1820
Hippolite Cornellier
Youngest
1968
Stéphane Guérard
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Sainte-Élisabeth is known for
Sainte-Élisabeth has 3.4× the usual share of leaders.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
The best known
Born in Sainte-Élisabeth
CF#2
Politics & Law
Charles-Édouard Ferland
1892–1974Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
GL#3
Politics & Law
Gustave Lacasse
1890–1953Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Sainte-Élisabeth’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1890s come out on top, with 3 births.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageSports
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sainte-Élisabeth
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Sainte-Élisabeth, with how many people each has.
SMJoliette · 11 kmSébastien Michaud & 48 moreCCSaint-Cuthbert · 11 kmCharles Jérémie Coulombe & 8 moreRDSaint-Félix-de-Valois · 8 kmRéjean Ducharme & 7 moreCJSainte-Mélanie · 10 kmCharles Joly & 6 moreAMSaint-Ambroise-de-Kildare · 13 kmAudrey McManiman & 4 moreADSaint-Norbert · 12 kmAzellus Denis & 3 more
Saint-Paul · 14 kmJoseph Pierre Octave Guilbault & 3 moreJMSainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier · 11 kmJoseph-Alfred Mousseau & 2 more
Saint-Paul · 14 kmJoseph Pierre Octave Guilbault & 3 moreJMSainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier · 11 kmJoseph-Alfred Mousseau & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Sainte-Élisabeth
Who is the most famous person from Sainte-Élisabeth?
Michel Poulette (Canadian film and television director, writer and producer) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Charles-Édouard Ferland and Gustave Lacasse.
How many famous people were born in Sainte-Élisabeth?
Of the 11 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Sainte-Élisabeth known for?
That is 75% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sainte-Élisabeth?
Hippolite Cornellier (1820). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1968.
Who counts as from Sainte-Élisabeth?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Sainte-Élisabeth’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up at the next refresh.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Joseph Pierre Octave Guilbault: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).